October 18: TODAY'S INSPIRING WOMEN

Ntozake Shange

Playwright Ntozake Shange (born Paulette Williams) was born today in 1948. She is most well known for her Obie Award winning play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf.

Pauline Newman, a labor leader hailed by Coalition of Labor Union Women as a foremother of the liberation movement, was born today in 1890.

Mamie Clark, a psychologist who established the Northside Center for Child Development with husband, Dr. Kenneth Clark,was born today in 1917.

Novelist Terry McMillan was born today in 1951. She is most well known for her novel "Waiting to Exhale" which was made into a Hollywood blockbuster movie.

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Learn more about the life of Pauline Newman.